oooh, interesting. get a couple of wins there and it'll do wonders for her ranking points. she has shown she is ready to face top 150 players. she doens't have the consistency and she has some bad results against players she should beat, but she is certainly capable at playing at the level of a doi, glushko, giorgi, etc

Another step in the right direction though. Vancouver next followed by a $25k in Pennslyvania. Then who knows? The Stateside ITF calendar is lacking this year. What happened to the tournament in the Bronx?

no mention of tara's loss?
imanishi, a japanese qualifier beat her 2&2. real shame as this was a chance to get some good ranking points and she had a nice shot of the 1/4 finals at least. hopefully she doesn't let this result get her down as she has made good progress this year.